CNN May Move Jim Acosta To Midnight ET Slot, Sparking Concerns Over Timing As Donald Trump Takes Office
deadline.comCNN has told anchor Jim Acosta that they want to move him from his morning ET slot to midnight ET, a less high profile time period where cable news networks have traditionally run reruns of programming from earlier in the day.
Acosta has anchored a 10 am. ET show for almost a year, having moved from a weekend time slot. Acosta was told earlier this week that the network wanted to make the move as part of an anchor shuffle, according to a source.
Status newsletter first reported on the potential move. During Donald Trump‘s first administration, Acosta was one of the most recognizable journalists on the beat as CNN’s chief White House correspondent.
The president, irate over Acosta’s and the network’s coverage, often got into testy exchanges with him or berated him at press conferences and other events.
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